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Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some 20 km (12 mi) from The Hague to its south and some 40 km (25 mi) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.

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  1. Gemeente Leiden Burgerlijke Stand LeidenLeiden Marriage record for Johan Hendrik van Doorne & Elise Henriette Mathilde Varenbrink, civil registry of marriages, Leiden, 1917-05-12, record 156
  2. Gemeente Leiden Burgerlijke Stand LeidenLeiden Birth record for Jannetje van der Ham, Civil registry of births, Leiden, 1920, record 87
  3. Gemeente Noordwijk Burgerlijke Stand NoordwijkNoordwijk Death record for Cornelia de Haas, civil registry of deaths, Noordwijk, 1946, record 134